SPDY connection was interrupted while downloading a file

[Valentin V. Bartenev]

On Monday 06 October 2014 12:25:37 Greg Barker wrote:
> I'm using nginx 1.6.2 w/ SPDY to serve an autoindex of static files. After
> I start downloading a file, I can no longer access other pages on the site.
> I get a Firefox error message "The connection was interrupted" - a similar
> message appears in Chrome. If I do a CTRL+F5, then I can browse the site
> again while the download is going.
> 
> Is this a limitation of using SPDY to serve static files? Is there a
> configuration parameter I need to adjust to avoid this issue?

I can't reproduce with a simple configuration:

  events {}

  http {
      ssl_certificate server.crt;
      ssl_certificate_key server.key;

      server {
          listen 443 ssl spdy;
          location / {}
      }
  }

Could you provide output of nginx -V and your configuration?

  wbr, Valentin V. Bartenev